Marco Rubio ISO Billionaires For Heavy Campaign Petting

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) at Civic Hall about the ‘sharing economy’ on Oct. 6 in New York City (file). Reports suggest that Rubio may have hit the Adelson jackpot.

Even as the Democratic candidates gather in Las Vegas for the first of their party’s primary debates, some consequential news is emerging from Sin City that doesn’t involve whether or not Vice President Joe Biden’s going to drop in on tonight’s affair unexpectedly like he was Nicki Minaj. As Politico’s Alex Isenstadt reports this morning, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is apparently close to deciding which candidate he’ll purchase for the 2016 election, and the lucky winner looks to be Marco Rubio.